Erik Grönwall - The Show Must Go On

Per Erik Magnus Grönwall (born 3 December 1987) is a Swedish hard rock and heavy metal singer. In 2009, he won the Swedish Idol reality television. During several of the shows, he received standing ovations from the jury for his performances. His first single, "Higher", sold gold on digital downloads after only three days. His debut album, self-titled Erik Grönwall, was released just ten days after the finals and debuted at number one on the Swedish albums chart and was certified platinum. In 2012, Grönwall joined rock band H.E.A.T as lead singer.

Altogether as a solo artist and band member, Grönwall has numerous top 40 hits. In 2018, he portrayed Simon Zealotes in the NBC live television concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar, in which he received Grammy nomination for in the Best Musical Theater Album category. He left H.E.A.T in 2020 after four albums with the band, and in 2022 joined Skid Row.

 

MIKA - Sweet Dreams

 Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. (born 18 August 1983), known by his stage name Mikais a Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter. After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday, Mika was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2007. Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007, which sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit Award—winning Best British Breakthrough act—and receive a Grammy Award nomination. He topped the UK Singles Chart in January 2007 with "Grace Kelly". He has since gone on to record four more studio albums (most recently My Name is Michael Holbrook released in October 2019), as well as serve as judge/mentor on both the French version of The Voice and the Italian version of X Factor. Mika has also starred in his own television variety show in Italy, Stasera Casa Mika   which won the 2017 Rose d'Or Award for Entertainment.

Joseph Williams - Can't Fight This Feeling

Joseph Stanley Williams (Santa Mónica, California; 1 de septiembre de 1962) es un cantante de rock estadounidense y compositor de partituras de cine, más conocido por su trabajo en el grupo de rock Toto, que encabezó desde 1986 a 1989, y de nuevo desde 2010 hasta el presente. Es hijo del compositor de cine John Williams y la actriz y cantante Barbara Ruick y el nieto del baterista de jazz Johnny Williams y de los actores Melville Ruick y Lurene Tuttle.

Williams fue vocalista principal con Toto durante los mediados a los años 80 y fue ofrecido en los álbumes Fahrenheit (1986) y The Seventh One (1988) antes de irse debido a problemas personales. También puede ser escuchado en el álbum Toto XX (1998), una recopilación de canciones raras e inéditas. Se presenta en el álbum de 2006 de Toto, Falling in Between, compartiendo voz principal con Steve Lukather en "Bottom of Your Soul". Además de su lugar invitado en Falling In Between, Williams fue un cantante invitado en varios conciertos de Toto.

Desde 2010, Joseph es una vez más cantante principal de Toto. Él re-ensambló la banda durante su gira de la reformación y ha viajado con ellos desde entonces. Realizó vocales principales en el álbum y DVD del concierto del "35.o aniversario: Vivo en Polonia", así como en Toto XIV.

Williams lanzó su primer álbum solista en 1982. Después de su mandato con Toto, ha lanzado varios más. Muchos de los miembros de Toto han contribuido a su trabajo en solitario a través de los años. En 2003, lanzó un álbum llamado Vertigo, un proyecto que inició, pero donde no estaba a cargo completo de la producción, sólo grabando y suministrando la voz. El segundo álbum de Vertigo, "Vertigo 2", fue lanzado en 2006. Williams lanzó un álbum de covers de artistas de renombre como Elton John, Bryan Adams, Diane Warren y Kevin Cronin en 2006, llamado Two of Us, con piano y Voz solamente. Regresó con otros dos discos de voz y piano en 2007, Smiles and Tears, que también constaba de clásicos éxitos de artistas populares. Su último álbum en solitario con canciones originales, This Fall, fue lanzado en noviembre de 2008.

                         

 

Aneessa - Back To Life

  Aneessa was born in Saint-Étienne in eastern central France. Aneessa moved to Paris, France where she studied literature and languages at University La Sorbonne. It was here that she began singing Jazz, Soul and Pop covers, before moving to Manchester England for a couple of years. She returned to France and started a variety of career moves – from starting her own record label, recording studio, Pump it up magazine and a graphic design company. Along the way she met influential collaborators, and branched out into a number of projects on a global scale.

Aneessa eventually met up with Motown producer Michael B. Sutton (Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross), for business propositions for a media company she was working for. This business relationship blossomed into love commitment, and eventually the two began writing and producing new material together, with Aneessa turning her skills towards smooth jazz interpretations. She debuted with a cover of Soul II Soul’s, “Back to Life,” which cracked the Top 10 of Billboard Magazine’s “Smooth Jazz” chart. The latest single, written by Aneessa and Michael, “Just to Be with You”, is about their long-distance, interfaith, loving relationship which bloomed while being far away from each other, and ending up with Aneesa eventually going to visit Michael, and never returning home again.

4 The Cause - Papa Was a Rolling Stone

4 the Cause were a 1990s Germany based band from Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago.[1] The band consists of the family members Shonna Edwards , Bennie Edwards , Reshonda Landfair and Jason Edwards. Founded in March 1993 under the name Young Warriors 4 the Cause, it took winning The Apollo Style talent contest at school in 1995 to land their first record contract. In 1997, while under the management of Bell Miles and Robert Williams (management team for the successful band The Moffatts), the band decided to shorten their name to 4 the Cause. The band gained success in 1998 with their cover of Ben E. King's hit song "Stand by Me", which was particularly successful in Europe, reaching the Top 10 in eight countries. Later that year, their debut album of the same name, Stand by Me was released.^[3] The group also had a minor hit with a cover of the Bill Withers song, "Ain't No Sunshine". They released two more singles before disbanding in 2000.

 

Juliet Roberts - Bad Girls

Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, rock, soul and house music singer of Grenadian descent. Roberts was born in London, England. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 top 10 hit single "It's Over" by Funk Masters. In July 1983, she released the single "Fool for You" backed with "It's Been a Long, Long Time" on the Bluebird Records label, catalogue reference BRT3. The single peaked at No. 77 on the Gallup chart, week ending 20 August 1983.

In 1984, Roberts began a four-year stint as vocalist for the jazz group Working Week. She also released another single on Bluebird, "The Old Rugged Cross" b/w "I'm So Glad". In 1986 she released "Ain't You Had Enough Love", a cover of a Phyllis Hyman recording. The same year she also presented Channel 4's Solid Soul programme with Chris Forbes.

In 1990, she provided backing vocals on Cathy Dennis' Move to This album, as well as on Breathe's album Peace of Mind.

Roberts collaborated with British house group L.A. Mix on their two albums, On the Side and Coming Back for More in 1989 and 1990 respectively. She appears on several tracks, amongst them the single "We Shouldn't Hold Hands in the Dark", which reached No. 69 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991. The mastermind behind LA Mix was British DJ, producer and songwriter Les Adams.

In 1992, Roberts provided backing vocals on Dannii Minogue's single "Love's on Every Corner" (which was written by Cathy Dennis, and produced by Danny D, a.k.a. D Mob). Roberts' next release was in 1993 as a dance music artist, with the hit single "I Want You": A number one on the US dance charts and No. 44 U.S. Billboard Hot 100) and the house music offering, "Caught in the Middle", which also went to number one on the dance chart. An album, Natural Thing, followed in 1994. Roberts has also taught British television viewers vocal performance basics on the UK's Rockschool TV series. In addition to her solo and musical ensemble projects, she is in demand as a backing vocalist. Since 1997, she has had three UK top 20 hits: "So Good", "Bad Girls" and "Needin U II"

Rockapella - Blame It on the Boogie

Rockapella is an American a cappella musical group formed in 1986 in New York City. The group's name is an amalgam of "rock" and "a cappella". Rockapella sings original vocal music and a cappella covers of pop and rock songs; and over time, their sound has evolved from high-energy pop and world music toward a more R&B-style sound. Rockapella initially found their biggest success in Japan throughout their career. They are also known for their role as a vocal house band and resident comedy troupe on the PBS children's geography game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, based on the educational computer game of the same name developed and published by Broderbund.

Rockapella has released 19 albums in both Japan and the United States, and three compilation albums in Japan. The text "All sounds provided by the voices and appendages of Rockapella", the central idea of the band, has appeared on all of their CDs since the addition of their vocal percussionist.